The Fort Worth Zoo is offering a Conservation Expedition to Anegada, British Virgin Islands to help the critically endangered Anegada iguana (Cyclura pinguis). This trip is geared toward undergraduate students, helping them get real field experience.
The Fort Worth Zoo is seeking participants to provide support for its Anegada iguana conservation project. All participants will play a direct role in conservation research and gain valuable skills in field methods.
Dates: Session 1: May 18 to 26, 2014, Session 2: May 27 to June 4, 2014, Session 3: July 8 to 16, 2014, and Session 4: July 17 to 25, 2014.
Location: Anegada, British Virgin Islands (BVI)
Cost: $1,450 for one session
Group Size: Seven to 10 participants plus a project leader and assistant leader.
As a participant, you will:
- Learn field research methods such as distance sampling, mark-recapture and GPS
- Assist in taking morphological data on iguanas in the headstart facility and any captured wildlife
- Set and maintain live traps daily to capture iguanas
- Assist researchers with camera-trapping surveys
- Conduct feral cat surveys
- Assist in radio-tracking
- Conduct nest surveys
Cost includes: One night Tortola, BVI; one round-trip ferry ticket from Tortola to Anegada; seven nights on Anegada; meals on Anegada; field supplies; transportation on Anegada; and all routine expenses on Anegada.
Cost does not include: airfare to Tortola, BVI; meals on Tortola; cab fare to and from the airport.
For more information, please contact Kelly Bradley, Fort Worth Zoo conservation biologist, at kbradley@fortworthzoo.org or 817-759-7173.